Kong for best actor

The members of the Broadcast Film Critics
Association were so impressed by the way Peter Jackson, Andy Serkis, and the King
Kong Effects Wizards brought life to their star that a lot of them reportedly felt that the creature should win
their best actor award. Sadly, someone told them they weren't allowed to vote for a giant, fake ape, even if his acting
was better than that of most of the humans in the running. Instead, the organization created the Distinguished
Achievement in Performing Arts Award specifically to recognize Kong for the "astonishing way in which he expresses
love, lust, humor and rage in the tradition of the finest human actors."

On one hand, this seems silly -
the creature doesn't even exist, right? On the other, though, it's probably about time that we recognize the power of
technology to create three-dimensional, fully "human" characters. The award will be presented to Serkis,
animation director Christian
Rivers, animation supervisor Joe
Letteri and Kong himself (who will appear in brand spanking new footage) at the BFCA's Critics' Choice Awards event
next month.